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>> reporter: in san francisco, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> in spite of today's big crowds, analysts are backing off earlier holiday sales forecasts. shopper track predicted holiday sales would grow at about 3.3%. that forecast has been cut back to 2.5%. november and december have accounted for some 40% of retail sales for the entire year. retailers say the consumer enthusiasm has been dimmed by the failed talks on the fiscal cliff. >>> the tragic events on the newtown event is another reason. teresa garcia says for the first time first responders are all about what they saw. >> reporter: a horse-drown coach carried the tiny casket of ana marquez-greene. the grieving continues. the police officers who responded to radio calls about a gunman inside sandy hook elementary school described what happened. >> approaching the scene, there were approximately six children that were running from the scene, which added to our knowledge that, yes, this is real. >> reporter: first responders arrived within minutes of the 911 call that came in the morning of december 14. officers say they broke window
>> reporter: in san francisco, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> in spite of today's big crowds, analysts are backing off earlier holiday sales forecasts. shopper track predicted holiday sales would grow at about 3.3%. that forecast has been cut back to 2.5%. november and december have accounted for some 40% of retail sales for the entire year. retailers say the consumer enthusiasm has been dimmed by the failed talks on the fiscal cliff. >>> the tragic events on the newtown event...
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cbs 5 reporter anne makovec on what's expected to be the busiest day of the year for retirals. retirals-- retailers. >> reporter: the bells are ringing, the clock is ticking. and last-minute shoppers are hitting the stores. >> this is the big shopping weekend right before christmas. >> reporter: retail tracking firm shopper track forecasts that today and tomorrow will be among the biggest shopping days of the year. even more so than a normal saturday before christmas. since the holiday falls on a tuesday, people are using the long weekend for holiday preps. >> i do think people waited a little bit. and now they're just -- ready to buy, buy, buy. >> reporter: the company visa released a survey this week saying that nearly three quarters of consumer still had holiday shopping left to do and many of them were waiting for the weekend to do it. >> a lot of good sales at the last-minute. >> reporter: why did you wait? >> because i'm a man. simple. >> really have no excuse. so -- >> reporter: and those out this weekend have an extra challenge, the on again, off again rains. >> i went
cbs 5 reporter anne makovec on what's expected to be the busiest day of the year for retirals. retirals-- retailers. >> reporter: the bells are ringing, the clock is ticking. and last-minute shoppers are hitting the stores. >> this is the big shopping weekend right before christmas. >> reporter: retail tracking firm shopper track forecasts that today and tomorrow will be among the biggest shopping days of the year. even more so than a normal saturday before christmas. since...
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our very own anne makovec is on the scene. we are going to have a live report from her and how it's affecting muni. >> and the market opened just about 10 minutes ago. let's take a quick check on the early numbers the dow is off a little, no big deal, same for nasa -- or something like that. >> we'll be back with the real numbers in a minute. ,,,, [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. get breyer's ice cream for $2.88 and dessert will surely shine. make it a grand finale with starbucks just $6.99. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. why let constipation stry miralax.? mirlax works differently than other laxatives. it draws water into your colon to unblock your system naturally. don't wait to feel great. miralax. breaking news out of san francisco. fire crews have contained a big apartment fire in the oceanview
our very own anne makovec is on the scene. we are going to have a live report from her and how it's affecting muni. >> and the market opened just about 10 minutes ago. let's take a quick check on the early numbers the dow is off a little, no big deal, same for nasa -- or something like that. >> we'll be back with the real numbers in a minute. ,,,, [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather...
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anne makovec has more on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: arson investigators are here at this storage unit in campbell around the corner from this apartment building behind me. at 1:00 this morning, somebody reported smoke coming from that storage unit when they got here firefighters put out a small fire and found the body of an adult inside. the police won't say how that person died if it's the fire or during the fire. they are calling it an undetermined death investigation not a murder investigation. >> at this point we don't have specific evidence to call it a homicide. we are look at the different possibilities. once we get questions answered we'll be able to better determine what happened here this morning. >> reporter: unit is 6 by 4 feet detached from the apartment building part of a car pot. there is minimal damage to the unit because the fire department put out the fire very quickly. but arson investigators are here and the police are waiting for more information from the coroner as to who this person was
anne makovec has more on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: arson investigators are here at this storage unit in campbell around the corner from this apartment building behind me. at 1:00 this morning, somebody reported smoke coming from that storage unit when they got here firefighters put out a small fire and found the body of an adult inside. the police won't say how that person died if it's the fire or during the fire. they are calling it an undetermined death investigation...
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cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is san mateo with more. >> reporter: the fire department didn't know what they were dealing with so they did everything by the book. here's where they bagged up sand to try to keep these chemicals safe before they blew it up. this is the house where the chemicals were found in san mateo on parrott drive. the windows boarded up. it was an exercise for all of the emergency responders involved and for the entire neighborhood. the fire department got a call around 4:30 yesterday afternoon saying the person who lives this is house found a cache of chemicals in the basement that had apparently been here for more than 30 years. >> it was acid and ether. we were told they were -- something that needed to be taken care of on site. they couldn't transport it. it's very dangerous. the chance of explosion was real great. >> reporter: so neighbors sheltered in place, there was going to be a big explosion and not to worry and all clear was given at about 9 p.m. the lesson to be learned here is if you see anything suspicious in your household and property don't touch it.
cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is san mateo with more. >> reporter: the fire department didn't know what they were dealing with so they did everything by the book. here's where they bagged up sand to try to keep these chemicals safe before they blew it up. this is the house where the chemicals were found in san mateo on parrott drive. the windows boarded up. it was an exercise for all of the emergency responders involved and for the entire neighborhood. the fire department got a call around...
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cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is outside the house in san mateo. >> reporter: good morning, this was an exercise in emergency response for the bomb squad and the neighborhood. this is the area where they blew these chemicals up. first they loaded up all of these sandbags and right behind it, that is the house where these hazardous materials were found. there are some broken windows there but it could have been
cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is outside the house in san mateo. >> reporter: good morning, this was an exercise in emergency response for the bomb squad and the neighborhood. this is the area where they blew these chemicals up. first they loaded up all of these sandbags and right behind it, that is the house where these hazardous materials were found. there are some broken windows there but it could have been
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anne makovec has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: a lot of questions right now. i'm in campbell and you can see the storm unit there behind me. the fire department was called here at about 1 a.m. after somebody reported smoke coming from that storage unit. when firefighters got here, they found a body inside. now, they are not calling this a murder investigation. they say they don't know how the person died. the coroner removed the body and will try to figure out what happened here at this small apartment complex in campbell. the police department is here and the arson squad will be reporting soon this morningas well, and get a little more information as far as the damage to the storage unit, not significant. it looks like structurally the storage unit is fine. they are taking the stuff out and trying to find more clues into how this person died. anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> a developing story we have been following out of siskiyou county near the oregon border. northbound interstate five remains closed after a 64-car pile-up last night. the series of crashes started
anne makovec has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: a lot of questions right now. i'm in campbell and you can see the storm unit there behind me. the fire department was called here at about 1 a.m. after somebody reported smoke coming from that storage unit. when firefighters got here, they found a body inside. now, they are not calling this a murder investigation. they say they don't know how the person died. the coroner removed the body and will try to figure out what...